2008 Woodie Awards
If no one knew who you really were, you could say whatever you wanted. And you would get away with it. I'll admit that when I read the headline, "Police: Man shot prostitute in the back because she got tired," I chuckled for a moment. Send hate mail, or keep reading. (3) comments
Oh, the joys of eBay. Thanks to the world's largest online marketplace, people can make a living selling items or services to the billions of people anywhere in the world, as long as you have Internet access, of course. So I admit I have a thing for eBay. (0) comments
Racism is an issue that our generation, well at least our white generation, was taught to ignore. Of course we learned about slavery, the Civil Rights movements and Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous, "I Have a Dream" speech, but beyond that, unless you yourself or a friend has been victimized because of ethnicity, we've been taught to act like it's an issue of the past. (0) comments
Things don't always go as planned. Sometimes opportunities pop up, such as a friend getting free tickets to a one-man show in San Francisco at the last minute and needing someone to go with, which is what happened to me last week. Sometimes adjustments need to be made to accommodate these spontaneous situations, such as staying awake at 2 a. (0) comments
